In France, so far three books by Jenny Erpenbeck have been released by two different publishers.

The novels “The Old Child” (“Geschichte vom alten Kind”/“L’enfant sans âge”, 2001 with Albin Michel) and "Visitation” (“Heimsuchung”/“Le Bois de Klara”, 2009 with Actes Sud) and the short story edition “Trinkets” (“Tand”/“Bagatelles”, 2004 with Albin Michel). “Visitation” was received rather timidly in the press. “Le Magazine littéraire” compares the novel with a “site plan in which the traces of successive dramas are listed as if the chaotic contours of a country estate were outlined on a map”. In addition to booksellers, who presented the novel as a “favourite tip” in their blogs, the chief critic of the Communist daily, “L’humanité”, was very taken with the novel:

“It’s certainly one of the big foreign-language novels of this autumn’s book season. With “Visitation” Jenny Erpenbeck (born in 1967 in East Berlin) confirms that she is among the most promising writers of her generation.”